Rose has torn ACL and MCL (unconfirmed)

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Originally Posted by gordonr24

I think Boston can beat Chicago. A Boston/Heat ECF is very possible.

I do too. I think Hawks can beat them without Rose as well.

Just saying that the Bulls without Rose still have a better chance of advancing past the 2nd round than the Pacers do(against the Heat).

[95 Vol Alum]

ESPN has it as confirmed. Big blow for the Bulls.

[gordonr24]

Originally Posted by The_Orange_Pearl

I do too. I think Hawks can beat them without Rose as well.

Just saying that the Bulls without Rose still have a better chance of advancing past the 2nd round than the Pacers do(against the Heat).

I understand what you meant. I like the Pacers. They have a bright future, and I think they have the chance to take the Heat to 7 games if they stay consistent with them.

[bleedorange0037]

Well that sucks. Looks like LeBron and the Heat just got a free pass to the finals.

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by bleedorange0037

Well that sucks. Looks like LeBron and the Heat just got a free pass to the finals.

Makes me wish Lebron played in the west at some point in his career. The conversation would be "best player to never reach the finals" rather than "best player to never win a ring."

[Nerd-Vol]

Originally Posted by milohimself

Makes me wish Lebron played in the west at some point in his career. The conversation would be "best player to never reach the finals" rather than "best player to never win a ring."

This!!!!


Real men, (such as Milo) know that the West is the most difficult conference in all of sports or life!!!

[Kingston Vol]

I haven't been this sad over sports since the Kentucky game.
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Originally Posted by milohimself

Makes me wish Lebron played in the west at some point in his career. The conversation would be "best player to never reach the finals" rather than "best player to never win a ring."

What sucks is that he may actually get his ring now. They should be well rested by the time the finals start, because I doubt it will take them more than 5 games in any of the series leading up to it. Indiana might be the exception, but I'll believe they're real contenders once I see it. Whoever comes out of the west will have had a grueling road, so if the Heat are ever going to win their title, this will be the opportune moment.

I never had a problem with LeBron until he went to Miami. It was actually really impressive to see him drag that horrible Cleveland team all the way to the finals a few years ago. However, now that he just wants to play on an all-star team to collect a ring rather than actually lead a team to a title, I'd rather not see that happen.

[Thrasher865]

Why all the hate for lebron? He's a great player, and if he hadn't spent his whole career on the Cavs, he would have a ring. The dude deserves some respect. He's a hell of a lot better than D Rose.

[Yankee_Vol]

Well the Bulls are done

[Yankee_Vol]

Originally Posted by Thrasher865

Why all the hate for lebron? He's a great player, and if he hadn't spent his whole career on the Cavs, he would have a ring. The dude deserves some respect. He's a hell of a lot better than D Rose.

Lebron

Kobe >>>>>> Lebron

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by Thrasher865

Why all the hate for lebron? He's a great player, and if he hadn't spent his whole career on the Cavs, he would have a ring. The dude deserves some respect. He's a hell of a lot better than D Rose.

The way he left Cleveland and the spectacle he, Wade and Bosh made of their arrival in Miami. The general east coast media hype like D Rose and Lebron are the only two players that matter, and the Bulls and Heat are the only two teams that matter when the fact is that the best basketball, top to bottom, is being played in the west.

Above all, for me anyways, is what it would say about the NBA: that you could have the best organizational structure, scouting, business model and management in the world, and it wouldn't count as much as three superstars deciding they want to play together in New York, LA or that armpit of a state.

[zjcvols]

Originally Posted by Thrasher865

Why all the hate for lebron? He's a great player, and if he hadn't spent his whole career on the Cavs, he would have a ring. The dude deserves some respect. He's a hell of a lot better than D Rose.

Because's he not Michael.

But whatever.

Look, he's a professional athlete. Like a lot of pro athletes, they can be jackasses. LeBron made a jackass move. Whatever. I just like watching him ball. It's that simple. Just like with Griffin, Rose, Durant, Paul, etc.

Kobe has been a much, much, much, much bigger jackass than LeBron has in his career, but nobody cares.

[bleedorange0037]

Originally Posted by Thrasher865

Why all the hate for lebron? He's a great player, and if he hadn't spent his whole career on the Cavs, he would have a ring. The dude deserves some respect. He's a hell of a lot better than D Rose.

Probably for a lot of people it has to do with the 3 month long ordeal that "The Decision" turned into.

For me personally it has to do with the fact that instead of choosing to try and elevate his own personal game and lead a team to a championship, he essentially chose to collude with Wade and Bosh to create and all-star team. I just can't see any of the other all time greats feeling the need to resort to something like that. In fact, i imagine for many of them, their competitive drive would have led the to want to beat the best, not team up with them.

[zjcvols]

Originally Posted by bleedorange0037

Probably for a lot of people it has to do with the 3 month long ordeal that "The Decision" turned into.

For me personally it has to do with the fact that instead of choosing to try and elevate his own personal game and lead a team to a championship, he essentially chose to collude with Wade and Bosh to create and all-star team. I just can't see any of the other all time greats feeling the need to resort to something like that. In fact, i imagine for many of them, their competitive drive would have led the to want to beat the best, not team up with them.

Maybe if his GM wasn't a moronic imbecile, he would have stayed. Do you not remember how bad Cleveland was without him? The best player he played with was Mo Williams...the guy who can't even start for the Clippers.

Let's see. Here's LeBron: He has played seven years in Cleveland, having to carry the team every single night while the franchise was too cheap and too idiotic to get anything done. So then, he gets offer $100M to play in South Beach and his best friend, while also playing for management that actually knows what they are doing. You would have done the same thing.